𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀺𑀅𑀇 (piaï), 𑀧𑀺𑀩𑀇 (pibaï)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀤𑀺 (pivadi) — Śaurasenī, Māgadhī

Etymology

Prakrit verb set
𑀧𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (pijjaï)
𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 (pivaï)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *píbati

Sanskrit पिब॑ति (píbati)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇

Inherited from Sanskrit पिब॑ति (píbati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *píbati, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from *peh₃-. Cognate with Pali pivati.

Verb

𑀧𑀺𑀯𑀇 (pivaï) (Devanagari पिवइ, Kannada ಪಿವಇ) (transitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to drink
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 161:

     𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁄 𑀧𑀺𑀅𑀇 𑀚𑀮𑀁 𑀚𑀳-𑀚𑀳 𑀯𑀺𑀭𑀮𑀁𑀕𑀼𑀮𑀻 𑀘𑀺𑀭𑀁 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀑
     𑀧𑀸𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀆-𑀯𑀺 𑀢𑀳-𑀢𑀳 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀁 𑀢𑀡𑀼𑀅𑀁-𑀧𑀺 𑀢𑀡𑀼𑀏𑀇

     uddhaccho piaï jalaṃ jaha-jaha viralaṃgulī ciraṃ pahio
     pāvāliā-vi taha-taha dhāraṃ taṇuaṃ-pi taṇuei

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       For some time the traveller has been sipping water from his cupped hand, keeping his fingers wide apart
       all the while looking up towards the woman at the well who in turn has reduced the already thin stream to a mere trickle.

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: पीना (pīnā)
    • Urdu: پینا (pīnā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali-Assamese:
    • Assamese: পিয়া (pia)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: पिअल / 𑂣𑂱𑂃𑂪 (pial)
• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Dhivehi: ބޮނީ (bonī)
  • Sinhalese: බොනවා (bonawā)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: पिउनु (piunu)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi: ਪੀਣਾ / پِیݨا (pīṇā)
  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: پِئَڻُ (piaṇu)

    Devanagari script: पिअणु

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: पिव्चे / ಪಿವ್ಚೆ / pivche (pivce), पियेव्चे / ಪಿಯೆವ್ಚೆ / piyevche (piyevce)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘢𑘲𑘜𑘹 / पिणे (pīṇe), 𑘢𑘹𑘜𑘹 / पेणे (peṇe)
    • Marathi: पिणे (piṇe)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati:
    • Gujarati: પીવું (pīvũ)
    • Mewari: पीणो (pīṇo)
  • Romani: pijel

References

• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924), “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 145.
• Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 346
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 207.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “píbati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press